Dipping device for bottles or jars.



B. W. MOGINN'IS.

DIPPING DEVICE POR BOTTLES 0B. JARS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 30, 1908.

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BERT w. MGGiNNIs',

WICHITA, KANsAs'.

DIPPING- DEVICE FOR BOTTLES OR JARS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 27, 1909.

Application filed September 30, 1908. Serial No. 455,434.

To alt whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BERT W. MGGINNIS, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of ltif'icliita, in the county of Sedgwick and State ofKansas, have invented a new and improved VDipping Device for Bottles orJars, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. j

This invention relates to dipping devices such as are used for holdingbottles or milk j ars when they are being dipped to sterilize or scaldthem.

The object of the invention is to produce a device of very simpleconstruction, which can be operated in a simple manner to hold a numberof bottles in a convenient manner to enable them to be dipped in avessel having a scalding or sterilizing bath.

'lhc inventioi'i consists in the construction and combination of partsto be more fully described hereinafter and particularly set forth in theclaims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specilication, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the ligures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device; Fig. 2 is a plan or upperedge view, in this View certain parts are broken away and shown in crosssection, this view also shows the device in the relation which the partsassume when the bottles or jars are to be inserted; Fig. 3 is a sideelevation showing the opposite side from that shown in Fig. 1, andshowing the device in an inverted position; and Fig. 4 is a view similarto Fig. 2, but showing the parts of the device in the relation whichthey assume when the bottles or jars are locked against removal.

Referring more particularly to the parts, the body of the device isformed of two plates or boards 1 and 2, which are of the same size andsuperposed one above the other, as indicated. The plate 1 is provided atits ends with rigid guide bars or guide straps 3 of metal, which enablethe plate 2 to slide freely longitudinally of the face of the plate 1.On its outer side the plate 1 is provided with transverse cleats 4, thepurpose of which will appear more fully hereinafter. The plates 1 and 2are provided with series of openings 6 and 5 respectively, which mayregister exactly with each other, as indicated in Fig. 1, or which maybe drawn slightly out of alinement with each other, as

shown in Fig. 3. This is accomplished by sliding kone of the plates onthe other. For this purpose l provide a lever 7 which is pivotallymounted on a stud 8 on the upper yedge of the lplate 1. This lever is abell c 11. The arm 9 of the bell crank lever is re- `the openings and 6are in alinement with each other. lVith the device in this'position, itmay be set upon a table with the cleats 4 disposed on the under side,and resting upon the surface of the table. The bottles .or jars are theninserted in the openings from above, as indicated in Figs. 2 and 4.After the openings have all been filled with bottles, the lever 7 isthrown over to the position in which it is shown in Fig. 4. This slidesthe plate 2 upon the plate 1, and the plate 1 then engages the necks ofthe bottles under the lips thereof and holds them securely againstwithdrawal. The upper edge of the plate 2 is rovided .with a suitablehandle 14 which can be held when the device is being immersed with thebottles which it holds in a sterilizing or scalding bath. After thebottles have been dipped, the device may be set upon a table or shelf soas to enable the bottles to drain.

In the practical construction of the device, the links and arm 9 arearranged in such a way that the pivot connection 15 between them willpass beyond the line joining` the pins 8 and 11; in this way the devicejams or locks the slides relatively to each other. After bottles aredrained, the device with `bottles can be inserted over a delivery caseand by unlocking the lever the bottles will drop into the case.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent,-

1. A dipping device for bottles and jars, comprising a pair ofhorizontally elongated plates, means for guiding one of said plates uponthe other, a handle attached to one of of openings adapted to registerand Which may be thrown ont of register,- and means for locking saidplates with respect to each other with said openings slightly ont ofregister` to hold the necks of the bottles and jars inserted in saidopenings.

2. A dipping' device for bottles and jars, comprising a horizontallyelongated plate having a plurality of openings formed therethrough, asliding member adapted to reduce the area through said openings andadapted to engage the necks of bottles or jars inserted therethrough,and a handle attached at the edge of said plate and aording means forholding the same normally in a substantially vertical plane. A

3. A dippingde'vice for bottles and jars, comprising a horizontallyelongated plate having a plurality of openings formed therethrough, asliding member adapted to reduce the area through' said openings andadapted to engage the necks of bottles or jars inserted therethrough, ahandle attached at the edge of said plate and affording means forholding the same normally in a substantially vertical plane, and membersattached to the side of said plate and adapted to projectbeyond themonths of said bottles or jars and affording means for Y supporting saidplate in a substantially horizontalV position, said members beingattached on the side opposite to which the necks of said bottles or jarsare inserted in said openings.

et; A dipping device for bottles and jars, comprising a late havingguides, a second 'plate meente' en said first. plate and movable in saidguides, said plates having openings adaptedto register and adapted to bethrown out of register When' said plates slide one Upon the other, meansfor actuating said plates, and means for holding said plates `with saidopenings in register o'r out of register. l

5; A dipping device for bott-les and jars, comprising a plate havingguides, a se'c'o'nd plate mounted on said first plate and movable insaid guides, said plates having 'openings adapted to register andadapted to be thrown out of register When said plates slide one upon theother, means for actdating said plates, means for holding said platesWith sa'id openings in register or ont of register, and a handleattached to the edge of one of said plates.

n testimony tvhereof I have signed r'ny name to thisspecilication in thepresence of tivo" s'nbs'c'ribing Witnesses. y Y

' BERT 7. MCGINNIS. Titnessesz OE L; JACQUES,- G; E. ARETT.

